Ice Hockey

Ice hockey is a team sport played on an ice rink. Players need to be very good skaters! They use hockey sticks to shoot a hard rubber hockey puck into the other team's net to score points, trying to get the puck past the heavily-protected goalkeeper.

In Canada and the United States, confusingly, ice hockey is simply known as hockey, and the outdoor game is known as "field hockey".

Ice hockey is the national winter sport of Canada but of course it is enjoyed all over the world, particularly in the colder areas of Europe, Scandinavia and north America. This poster really captures the excitement of a match - but there is nothing like watching one live!